Curriculum Overview for Year 4
English
Art & Design
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Fiction – This Morning I met a
Whale
Stories from other cultures
Instructions and Explanations
Information texts
Poetry
Barge patterns
Trip to Worsley Basin to observe and sketch
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Mathematics
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Number & Calculation
Place value to 4 digits
Adding 2 to 3 digit numbers
Contract addition
Counting-on subtraction
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Double & halve 2 & 3 digit numbers
Multiplication tables & division
Adding & subtracting 1,10,100,1000
to 4 digit numbers including money
Expanded decomposition
Grid multiplication
Division - chunking
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Geometry & Measures
Circles and radii
Properties of polygons
Properties of triangles
Properties of 3-D shapes
Time – analogue & digital
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States of Matter
Water Resistance
Surface area and shape affect behaviour in
water
The water cycle – evaporation and
condensation
Solids, liquids and gases
Heating and cooling
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Locks and Lifts
Pulleys
Canal trip on a barge through a lock
 Fractions & Decimals
 Fractions of amounts
 Equivalent fractions
Modern
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Science
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Design & Technology
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Computing
Languages
Catherine Cheater Scheme
Composing and recording music to follow the
journey of a river from source to mouth
Create powerpoint of stages of river
development
Geography
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Rivers and Canals
Local study of Leeds – Liverpool Canal
National study - The Thames and London
Global study - Rivers in Africa - Nile
Music
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www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/water
(saved in favourites)
History
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Rivers and Canals
Local study – Leeds Liverpool Canal
Why was it built?
What was it used for?
How was it built?
How London developed because of The Thames
Physical
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Salford City Leisure
Education
Religious
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Education
The Way, The Truth and The Life
Autumn 1 – The Bible
Autumn 2 – Trust in God
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